spaghettis

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of spaghetti.

   The chef compared several regional spaghettis before settling on a recipe.

   Their menu lists half a dozen spaghettis, each with a distinct sauce.

   Note

   Spaghetti is usually a mass noun. You eat some spaghetti, not three spaghettis, so the plural appears only when the word is being counted: kinds of pasta, finished dishes on a menu, or films, since a spaghetti can be short for a spaghetti western. When you mean the food itself, keep the singular: the spaghetti is overcooked.

2. 2
   verbcolloquial

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of spaghetti.

   Note

   The verb behind this form is informal throughout, and it runs in two directions. One is tangling or stretching something into strands. The other is serving or eating pasta, which is mostly humorous. The -s form works with or without an object: a dog spaghettis its leash, but a loose cable can simply spaghetti on its own. It belongs to casual speech rather than careful prose.

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